Garden-tool.



PATENTED FEB. 3, 1903;

No. 719,723. I

J. E. BEEBE. GARDEN TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28. 1902.

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UNtrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. BEEBE, OF HARLAN, IOWVA.

GARDEN-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,723, dated February3, 1903. Application filed May 28,1902. Serial No. 109,335. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JOSEPH E. BEEBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harlan, in the county of Shelby and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garden-Tools; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The purpose of this invention is the provision of an implement of novelconstruction for use in agricultural pursuits, the device being designedmost especially for hand use in gardening operations, the tool being ofsuch construction as to combine all the advantages of a rake, hoe, andcultivator.

, For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and drawings hereto attached.

WVhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a perspective view of a garden tool or implement embodying theessential features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side View, the head ortoothed bar being in section and the handle being shown in an adjustedposition by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicatedin all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The head or toothed bar 1 may be of any length, depending upon the sizeof the tool, and is longitudinally slotted, as shown at 2. This head ortoothed bar may be formed of a single piece or of independent barsdisposed in parallel relation and spaced apart the required distance andfirmly connected at desired points. Bracket-lugs 3 are bolted orotherwise secured to the head or toothed bar 1, and the forked tang 4 ofthe handle 5 has its forked members pivoted thereto, so as to admit ofpivotal adjustment between the handle and head to allow for convenientelevation of the handle and proper pitch or set of the teeth. The handle5, of wood, has the forked tang 4 secured. thereto in any way. The teethare provided in two sets, designated as the front set 6 and the rear set7,

the latter being smaller and shorter than the former, this being foundto give the best results. The shanks of the teeth are bent, as shown at8, to extend over the head or toothed bar 1 and are apertured to receivethe bolts or fastenings 9 for securing the teeth in an adjusted positionupon the part 1. The terminal portions of the bent ends 8 are bentdownward, so as to engage with the opposite edge of the head or toothedbar 1 from that adjacent to the shank, whereby the head or toothed bar 1is embraced between the shanks of the teeth and the downwardly-bentterminal portions 10. The bolts or fastenings 9 pass through the slot 2and when loosened admit of adjustment of the teeth upon the head ortoothed bar, so as to space them any required distance apart. The frontset of teeth 6 have their shanks arranged forward of the head or toothedbar, and the rear set 7 have their shanks located back of the said head,their bent ends 8 extending forward, whereas the bent ends of the frontset project rearward. The teeth 9 are longer than the teeth 7, so as toadmit of giving the handle 5 a slant when using the tool and admit ofboth sets of teeth coming in contact with the ground, so as to performeffective work. The rear set of teeth alternate with the front teeththatis, come opposite the spaces formed between said front teeth--therebyinsuring contact of the implement with every portion of the groundwithin its scope or track.

A rod or bar 11 is firmly attached at the rear end to the head ortoothed bar 1 and curves upwardly and forwardly, and its front portionis bent downward, as shown at 12, to make adjustable connection with thehandle 5 to admit of varying the elevation of the front end thereofwithout changing the pitch or inclination of the teeth or to admit ofvarying the pitch of the teeth without changing the elevation of thefront end of the handle. The downwardly-bent end 12 of the rod 11 isprovided with a series of openings any one of which is adapted toreceive a pin 18, passed through corresponding openings in the ICOhandle 5, and a plate 14:, covering a recess formed in the side of thehandle for the reception of the part 12. The rear portion of the rod 11is transversely widened and apertured to receive the bolt or fasteningemployed for attaching the center tooth to the head or bar 1, therebyobviating the necessity of extra means for securing the rod 11 to thehead or toothed bar of the implement.

By proper adjustment of the teeth the implement may be used in thecapacity of a hoe, a rake, or a cultivator, and the pitch of the teethor the inclination of the handle may be varied by adjustably connectingthe bent end 12 of the rod 11 with the handle in the manner set forth.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In anagricultural implement, a longitudinally-slotted head or toothed bar,teeth having the end portions of their shanks bent to overlap the saidhead or toothed bar and the terminal portions rebent so as to embracethe said head or toothed bar between the said terminal portions and theshanks, and fastenings passed through the slot of the head or toothedbar and the openings in the bent end portions ofthe shanks overlappingthe said head for securing the teeth to the head or toothed bar in anadjusted position, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a slotted head or toothed bar, a front set of teethhaving, the upper ends of their shanks bent rearward and downward tooverlap and embrace the front and rear edges of the said head, a rearset of teeth alternating the front teeth and having the upper ends oftheir shanks bent forwardand downward to overlap and embrace the frontand rear edges of said head, and fastenings for securing the teeth tothe head in an adjusted position, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a head or bar provided with teeth, a handle havingpivotal connection with the said head, a rod rigidly connected to thehead and curved upwardly and forwardly and having its front portion bentdownwardly, and means for adjustably connecting the bent end of said rodwith the handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH E. BEEBE.

